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. 2016 May 7;8(5):841–847. doi: 10.18632/aging.100958

Table 1. Maximum lifespan and body mass of the rodent species used in the study.

Common name Latin name Maximum lifespan1, yr Body mass1, g Oxygen sensitivity1(3%O2 / 21%O2)
American beaver Castor canadensis 24 20,250 1.30 ± 0.4
Blind mole rat Nannospalax ehrenbergi 21 160 1.42 ± 0.05
Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris 15 55,000 2.23 ± 0.46
Chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera 17 640 0.81 ± 0.18
Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus 8 20 0.98 ± 0.13
E. chipmunk Tamias striatus 10 100 1.0 ± 0.09
E. grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 24 530 2.23 ± 0.32
Golden hamster Mesocricetus auratus 4 100 2.11 ± 0.31
Guinea pig Cavia porcellus 12 730 1.15 ± 0.14
House mouse (laboratory) Mus musculus 4 30 4.45 ± 0.52
House mouse (wild) Mus musculus 4 30 1.63 ± 0.11
Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus 6 50 1.05 ± 0.06
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus 10 1,360 1.42 ± 0.27
Naked mole rat Heterocephalus glaber 32 35 2.02 ± 0.4
Norway rat (laboratory) Rattus norvegicus 4 400 1.0 ± 0.08
Norway rat (wild) Rattus norvegicus 4 400 1.02 ± 0.03
Paca Cuniculus paca 16 9,000 1.52 ± 0.42
Woodchuck Marmota monax 14 4,000 2.21 ± 0.32
1

The data was derived from AnAge database [28].

2

Oxygen sensitivity is calculated as the fibroblast growth rate at 3% O2 divided by the fibroblast growth rate at 21% O2, during the initial linear phase of growth ± STD (see Figure 1 for the growth curves).